Abstract
The potential significance of the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum as a food resource for pelagic food chains was studied in three hydrographic regimes of the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: the Slope Water, the Northern Sargasso Sea and a Gulf Stream cold core ring. Samples for phytoplankton species, chlorophyll and related water chemistry were obtained with a series of water bottle casts from the upper 200 m; microzooplankton and macrozooplankton were also obtained in the upper 200 m with Clarke Bumpus (67 m mesh) and MOCNESS (333 m mesh) net systems.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 507-531 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Journal of Marine Research |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1980 |
Fingerprint
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oceanography
Cite this
Ortner, P. B., Wiebe, P. H., & Cox, J. L. (1980). RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OCEANIC EPIZOOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE SEASONAL DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUM IN THE NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN. Journal of Marine Research, 38(3), 507-531.